COST OF LIVING / Minimum wage increase to benefit 2.57 million Taiwanese, migrant workers
09/04/2024 07:56 PM
The planned 4.08 percent increase in the minimum wage is expected to benefit 2.57 million workers, including about 368,000 migrant workers, Minister of Labor Ho Pei-shan (何佩珊) said Wednesday.
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